Leadership 101: THE FIRST TEN BOOTS

[Cb85 136]

16 hours ago, ROFCB Commander said:

Today is Day Three of the twenty-day "Leadership 101" series I'll be posting. This series expresses my thoughts on some topics important to the successful leadership of a local unit, and asks other unit leaders to post their thoughts, ideas, and experiences on the same subject in hopes that together we can help those who are starting from scratch with unit-building.

 

Today's topic is "The First Ten Boots".

 

These posts are written primarily for the new unit commander, and assume for the purposes of these discussions that your unit is literally just getting started. Today's topic addresses something of note that you probably haven't thought of--who does what, when, and how?

 

The first ten boots--or the first five people in your unit (and you should probably have five interested candidates before you officially "start" a unit, though you can lay the groundwork for a unit sooner than that)--should all have very specific roles within the unit before you ever truly start to "build" the thing in the first place.

 

What are these roles, and who (what type of person) should occupy them?

 

Answering that question can be a bit interesting, because often a unit is "started" by someone simply because there is no local unit for him/her to join. Typically people who start a new venture, whether it's a business or a club or a Militia unit, automatically become the "leader" of the venture by default. This isn't always the best thing, though, and it isn't always necessary, especially if you start with more than one prospective member. The ideal situation is where you have five dedicated initial members, who are reasonable, ego-free, and willing to truly assess their individual talents in order to put people in the best possible position for success. The person whose idea it was to start the unit, for instance, may not be ideally suited to lead it--but they'd make a dandy Morale Officer (for example).

 

This 'lesson' is based on the presumption that you have (or can round up) five interested, dedicated people who have gathered around a table to decide a structure for the organization and to assume leadership posts within it. How do you choose who does what?

 

In the beginning, there are five vital positions within a new organization of this type. They are Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, Logistics Officer, Morale Officer, and Recruiting Officer.

 

Let's start with the most important one. Well no, that's not accurate--because they are equally important. It' s better to say that this position will make or break your organization based on how well suited the person who fills it is to the job.

 

That position is "Executive Officer".

 

This is your Radar O'Reilly, your Mr. Spock, your Smithers. He/she is the guy/girl who just gets things done. When he does his job right, he makes everyone else--especially the commander--look great. He's the jack-of-all-trades who just naturally knows "what's up". While technically he's the second in command, he's the guy without whom the entire operation would seemingly fall apart.

 

I don't care what organization, or what type of organization, you look at--if it's run well and efficiently, and the person in charge regularly looks like an absolute genius, it's because the Executive Officer is brilliant at his job.

 

The person you should choose for this post is the go-getter among go-getters. He's friendly, enthusiastic, sharp as a tack, gets along extremely well with everyone, very well read, gives wise counsel, is fiercely loyal, and is ridiculously dependable. He's the guy who you'd pick when you ask yourself "if I really needed to build a space shuttle in my back yard, who would I hand the project to". If you choose the right guy as your "Number One", you'll never have a difficult day as Commander.

 

I hate "ranking" these positions because there is so much important stuff that every single one of them is responsible for that to call one more important than the other just isn't correct--but your "most important" officer is the Executive, hands down.

 

The next most important, in my mind, is the Logistics officer. This is another jack-of-all-trades who just gets stuff done--except that the stuff he/she gets done is head-scratchingly difficult. He's the one who manages to get all of your supplies to the training site at the right time on the right day; he's the one who arranged the training exercise to begin with; he's got a food vendor lined up at noon, and somehow managed to get the county code enforcement officer to look the other way for your night-firing exercise. In fact--and nobody knows how he pulled this off, because the code enforcement officer is a notorious asshole--the exercise is being held on the code enforcement officer's land.

 

Yeah--he's that guy.

 

This is the fellow (or woman--in fact, this position is often ideal for a woman) who knows people, and if he doesn't know them he will five minutes after it's decided the person in question needs to be known. Five minutes of talking to this person and it seems like you grew up together. He can walk into a drunken party thrown by the Hell's Angels, wearing a business suit, and be accepted as one of them--or a board meeting full of people wearing business suits, dressed like a member of a motorcycle gang, and have them eating out of his hand in minutes.

 

This guy is your procurement specialist. Need a place to practice? He'll get you one. Need tee shirts to sell at a county fair booth? They'll be on the table before you even arrive to work your shift. An exercise facility at a discount? Free pizza for the guys? A new radio to test? This is the person who gets it for you. He's unafraid, brilliant, and an artful negotiator.

 

Donald Trump would make a great Logistics Officer.

 

The next two positions work hand-in-hand. One brings the bodies into the organization, and the other keeps them there. They are the Recruitment Officer and the Morale Officer, and you must never make the mistake of taking what either one of them does for granted.

 

The Recruitment Officer has the most easy to understand job; he is responsible for overseeing the various recruitment campaigns that you'll have running every hour of every day for the entire existence of your organization. In the world of sales, there's a phrase--ABC; Always Be Closing. Your Recruitment Officer is the director of sales for your operation--and his phrase is "Always Be Recruiting". I won't go into the various recruiting campaigns and tools that are vital to his success--that's a subject for another post--but I will tell you that the person you put into this position is the guy who could talk an Eskimo into buying ice. He's the natural bullshitter, the guy who knows all the best jokes, the "life of the party". Ideally, this fellow actually is a salesman in "real life". The skill sets are very similar.

 

The Morale Officer isn't the life of the party--he's the host. He's the guy who, when you're telling the story about that one time you got so drunk at a party that you fell backwards into the bathtub and tore the shower curtain down--it was his shower curtain. This is the fellow who just knows how to set things in motion, bend the rules when necessary, and make sure everyone has fun (but not too much fun--he knows when it's time to show you the door and get the shower curtain back up before Mom and Dad get home). He's always got something going on, makes sure everyone knows where to be and when, tracks who is bringing what covered dish. He's the guy who arranges flowers when there's a wedding or funeral, and dances with the shy kid in the corner (who remembers it for the rest of her life). This person is a great planner, a friendly face, knows what to say at exactly the right moment, and when to say nothing at all. He/she is the one who makes everyone feel welcome, and sows in them a sense of belonging. And none of it is "fake"; he truly believes it's his responsibility to ensure that your organization is a brotherhood, and everyone is everyone else's best friend. This position is often well-served by a female (for whom empathy tends to come more naturally).

 

Finally, the least important officer of the first five--or ever, if the position is staffed correctly. That's the Commander.

 

The Commander is the face of the organization, the guy who people think of when they hear the name of the unit. He's competent, above reproach, accessible, utterly believable and trusthworthy, brilliantly loyal, and firm of both character and conviction. He is not dictatorial, ego-driven, or self-important in any way. He gives credit rather than taking it, accepts compliments on behalf of his staff and not himself, and always, always, ALWAYS puts the organization first. Mostly, he protects--the people, the assets, the reputation--of the unit. The Commander is less beat cop and more traffic control officer, assigning responsibilities and seeing that things get done more than issuing edicts and beating people into submission. He's the guy you feel bad about disappointing--the one you'd rather take a beating than to even seem slightly disloyal to. And God help you if you ever ARE disloyal, because when it comes to rallying the troops, there is no one who's better at it. He can turn out the entire organization in a matter of minutes just by mere suggestion--so don't ever get on his bad side. And yet, he'll make sure you and everyone else understands that he's the least important member of the team--and he means it.

 

The Commander is obviously the backbone of the operation; like any backbone, the unit would slouch to the floor if he wasn't there, but when he is, you barely realize he's around doing his job.

 

The finest Commander I ever knew, and the one upon whom I patterned the above description, was a mail clerk in his "ordinary" life. He ran the third largest organization of it's type--a Veteran's Club--in the country (largest in the state). He was by far the most capable human being I ever met, loyal to those who deserved it, absolutely menacing to those who didn't. He could bend the rules and get away with it (he ran--for the benefit of the club, not one dime to himself--a huge illegal raffle operation; asked one time how he avoided getting caught over the years, he told me that he was never "caught" because he had never hidden what he was doing...in fact, he'd just come from the courthouse where he'd delivered that month's ticket to the county judge). He innately understood the difference between "illegal" and "not right". What he was doing didn't meet the definition for "legal", but it was very right...and his operation benefited veterans every bit as much as any VA program ever did. I watched him cover, out of his own pocket, when one of his employees came up hundreds of dollars short for a shift. I saw him destroy the career of an underling who stole from the organization, and make no effort to hide that he was the one who did it. He sat in his office playing solitaire all day--I know, because I sat there with him seven days a week--and yet the organization ran like a well-assembled swiss watch. In the entire time I knew him I only saw him make one mistake...he voted for Barack Obama. In retrospect, knowing what we now know of John McCain, perhaps even that wasn't really a mistake. Given his breadth of knowledge and insane ability to read people, maybe he wasn't so far off.

 

Strive to find that guy to run your outfit, and you'll have the best Militia unit ever assembled.

 

You'll notice that I didn't put anyone in the position of "Ninja Master" or "Range Officer". There is no provision in the first five for "Tactical Officer" or "Weapons Specialist". That's because in the greater scheme of things, those positions fall well below the others in order of priority. Without flawless operation of the positions I did list, there is no need for the others, and no way they can be successful. A successful Militia unit is built from the ground up to be a successful NON-Militia unit; it could do just as well selling used cars as training for battle. It's the organization that is important. What the organization is created FOR is secondary to the organization itself.

 

Approach it this way, and you'll be the finest Militia Commander to ever carry the title.

 

Tomorrow's installment is called LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.

 I would add that the person commanding a group or groups should know war history and war tactics as well as resistance tactics when an enemy is far out numbered.   It's become clear to me in the last year or so a good understanding of ware history is much more valuable in a militia group than is given credit for. We need those book learners around for good council in our teams.

[Rascaldees 174]

35 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

Yea history has shown the tyrants will do terrible stuff in secret. But burning down hundreds of thousands of acres of forest is a very visible thing that could also burn the tyrants own base down 

its much less likely. 

Theyd have to be very desperate.  

I don't have to burn thousands of acres. I just have to burn enough you can't hide in them. Controlled burns happen all the time. 

[Cb85 136]

40 minutes ago, Rascaldees said:

I don't have to burn thousands of acres. I just have to burn enough you can't hide in them. Controlled burns happen all the time. 

Yea.....   only under very specific circumstances do control burns work.

Ive met lots of ppl that argue like the way you are doing, they are mostly liberals. It's clear in your eyes it's your way or the highway. 

Which is y all militias need to be very careful who they join up with. So we don't end up joining up with ppl like you that are so narcissistic they can't see when they are wrong. Ppl like that get ppl killed and lose wars. They might make good soldiers but that's it.  They can't be allowed to be leaders.

thats the last point I'm gonna make. 

Its not about being rite it's about making wise decisions given the circumstances and weighing the odds given what we know about history.

[Rascaldees 174]

8 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

Yea.....   only under very specific circumstances do control burns work.

Ive met lots of ppl that argue like the way you are doing, they are mostly liberals. It's clear in your eyes it's your way or the highway. 

Which is y all militias need to be very careful who they join up with. So we don't end up joining up with ppl like you that are so narcissistic they can't see when they are wrong. Ppl like that get ppl killed and lose wars. They might make good soldiers but that's it.  They can't be allowed to be leaders.

thats the last point I'm gonna make. 

Its not about being rite it's about making wise decisions given the circumstances and weighing the odds given what we know about history.

And what has YOUR militia done for the good fight?

[ROFCB Commander 664]

Enthusiasm is a good thing. We want active participation in the discussion, including ideas that clash; that's how we see different perspectives and can learn from different styles. Just remember that these posts are designed to provoke discussion--not just to provoke.

 

Be nice, gentlemen.  😀

[minicoopertn 41]

Muzzle loaded flint lock black powder pistols at 20 yards. Let's deal with this like men. If you both miss on the first shot its the one that can reload his patch and ball the first and hit his target  wins.😬

[Cb85 136]

12 hours ago, Rascaldees said:

And what has YOUR militia done for the good fight?

The purpose of militia now is not to fight but to change the narrative on what we are. Most ppl don't think we are sitting around jerking off in the woods. Most ppl think we are scary para military type. The goal is to be kind family friendly speak with wisdom and be appealing to other patriots.   That's how we do the best for the militia movement.  We still have rule of law. Trump will likely win reelection (its hard to beat an incumbent) so we have at least 4 more years to build on our current foundations.

all we have to do is be appealing to others and not come off as know it all jackasses.  Cuz if we do that our cause is lost.  

 

[Rascaldees 174]

26 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

The purpose of militia now is not to fight but to change the narrative on what we are. Most ppl don't think we are sitting around jerking off in the woods. Most ppl think we are scary para military type. The goal is to be kind family friendly speak with wisdom and be appealing to other patriots.   That's how we do the best for the militia movement.  We still have rule of law. Trump will likely win reelection (its hard to beat an incumbent) so we have at least 4 more years to build on our current foundations.

all we have to do is be appealing to others and not come off as know it all jackasses.  Cuz if we do that our cause is lost.  

 

So in other words your guys have done nothing. Meanwhile, mine are doing food drives, educating the young on gun safety, literally saving lives (a bit haphazardly but it's happened more than once), training our asses off and making sure the population knows who the hell we are. 

[Cb85 136]

53 minutes ago, Rascaldees said:

So in other words your guys have done nothing. Meanwhile, mine are doing food drives, educating the young on gun safety, literally saving lives (a bit haphazardly but it's happened more than once), training our asses off and making sure the population knows who the hell we are. 

I'm saying if you do everything you just stated but you come off like an asshole as your doing right now. Then the cause is better off if you are sitting around in the woods jacking off.

who we are is more important than what we do.

we absolutely should be doing all of the stated above but be doing it with humility willing to hear other ppl out. 

Trying to reason with ppl not beat them over the head.

george Washington was described as one of the most godly humble ppl in history.

thats y ppl followed him, the ppl understand Who he was on the inside.

strength of character is far more important than just winning an argument.

 

[Ovrclockd 50]

15 hours ago, Cb85 said:

 I would add that the person commanding a group or groups should know war history and war tactics as well as resistance tactics when an enemy is far out numbered.   It's become clear to me in the last year or so a good understanding of ware history is much more valuable in a militia group than is given credit for. We need those book learners around for good council in our teams.

 

I would second this. Consider each event from all sides and extend to the geography, supplies, politics, and other issues at the time. Each of these learning sessions is a tool to put in the strategic toolbox.

 

The best way to do this that I have found is to put everyone in the same classroom environment with the food, water, pens and notepads, a laptop to find extended information to share, whatever... and have the guy leading it stand up with a large TV or projector and binge-watch historically accurate YouTube video presentations and documentaries. Do this marathon-style for 12-24 hours as a team-building exercise...

[Rascaldees 174]

41 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

I'm saying if you do everything you just stated but you come off like an asshole as your doing right now. Then the cause is better off if you are sitting around in the woods jacking off.

who we are is more important than what we do.

we absolutely should be doing all of the stated above but be doing it with humility willing to hear other ppl out. 

Trying to reason with ppl not beat them over the head.

george Washington was described as one of the most godly humble ppl in history.

thats y ppl followed him, the ppl understand Who he was on the inside.

strength of character is far more important than just winning an argument.

 

Incorrect. Actions speak louder than words.

[LibertyorDeath93 21]

46 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

I'm saying if you do everything you just stated but you come off like an asshole as your doing right now. Then the cause is better off if you are sitting around in the woods jacking off.

who we are is more important than what we do.

we absolutely should be doing all of the stated above but be doing it with humility willing to hear other ppl out. 

Trying to reason with ppl not beat them over the head.

george Washington was described as one of the most godly humble ppl in history.

thats y ppl followed him, the ppl understand Who he was on the inside.

strength of character is far more important than just winning an argument.

 

If you think people followed Washington because he’s godly you can stay in the woods and jackoff for all we care. If you don’t want to stand for what’s right for your country that’s fine but don’t come here and tell us we will be doing it wrong! And don’t tell us our first president was godly none of us ever met him. I can write a book of lies and pass it on after I die as well to make people believe shit. Anyone can. Yeah I believe he probably was a kind caring person but not godly. People followed him because he was smart and fearless because he wasn’t AFRAID to die for his cause. Seems to me many on here are afraid to die for their cause. 

[Cb85 136]

6 minutes ago, Rascaldees said:

Incorrect. Actions speak louder than words.

Ehhhh. Nope that's not a rational argument. You can't just write a statement and automatically be right.  Words matter. Other wise the writings of thomas paine and Thomas Jefferson and George Washington mean nothing. 

And if actions are speak so much louder, than what are the words of say.... the constitution worth.

[Cb85 136]

2 minutes ago, LibertyorDeath93 said:

If you think people followed Washington because he’s godly you can stay in the woods and jackoff for all we care. If you don’t want to stand for what’s right for your country that’s fine but don’t come here and tell us we will be doing it wrong! And don’t tell us our first president was godly none of us ever met him. I can write a book of lies and pass it on after I die as well to make people believe shit. Anyone can. Yeah I believe he probably was a kind caring person but not godly. People followed him because he was smart and fearless because he wasn’t AFRAID to die for his cause. Seems to me many on here are afraid to die for their cause. 

You would be hard pressed to find a single page of written work by George Washington where he doesn't quote scripture or refer to god.  

I know the public school doesn't do well in teaching history but you'd do well to read some of his works you'd be surprised.

thomas paine wrote George Washington and asked him to be more of a divinest rather than lean so Christian in his views. George was so offended by the notion that he never spoke or wrote back to Thomas again.

[LibertyorDeath93 21]

25 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

You would be hard pressed to find a single page of written work by George Washington where he doesn't quote scripture or refer to god.  

I know the public school doesn't do well in teaching history but you'd do well to read some of his works you'd be surprised.

thomas paine wrote George Washington and asked him to be more of a divinest rather than lean so Christian in his views. George was so offended by the notion that he never spoke or wrote back to Thomas again.

I’m a history buff I know all about it. I’ve been studying history and warfare tactics for 20 years. But because he was a strong devote Christian does not make him godly. Godly means “to be one in the form of a god with excessive powers”

powers like strength or speed not power over a country. George Washington was not godly he was a Christian and probably rolled in his grave at the thought of people thinking he was godly like his god was and is. I get what your saying but your saying it ass backwards man. And guess what George Washington to his god to the battle lines with him when he set off to fight the British. Washington is an icon because he took action not hiding behind some militia website talking shit and doing nothing. When he spoke he spoke words of truth and wisdom and he meant every word. 

[Rascaldees 174]

37 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

Ehhhh. Nope that's not a rational argument. You can't just write a statement and automatically be right.  Words matter. Other wise the writings of thomas paine and Thomas Jefferson and George Washington mean nothing. 

And if actions are speak so much louder, than what are the words of say.... the constitution worth.

Also incorrect. If they had wrote those words and done nothing to back them up we would all be speaking the Queen's English ol' chap. Of course if you don't believe me then I can hop into my lorry and come toss you from the first floor window in a bit of a scrap.

 

 

Talk is cheap as fuck. Everyone flaps their gums. What separated Washington from his peers was that he acted.

[Cb85 136]

19 minutes ago, LibertyorDeath93 said:

I’m a history buff I know all about it. I’ve been studying history and warfare tactics for 20 years. But because he was a strong devote Christian does not make him godly. Godly means “to be one in the form of a god with excessive powers”

powers like strength or speed not power over a country. George Washington was not godly he was a Christian and probably rolled in his grave at the thought of people thinking he was godly like his god was and is. I get what your saying but your saying it ass backwards man. And guess what George Washington to his god to the battle lines with him when he set off to fight the British. Washington is an icon because he took action not hiding behind some militia website talking shit and doing nothing. When he spoke he spoke words of truth and wisdom and he meant every word. 

You are assuming two things what I mean by "godly" and that I don't mean what I say and am a man only of words. You are incorrect on both counts. 

We are more closely aligned than you think.

[Cb85 136]

17 minutes ago, Rascaldees said:

Also incorrect. If they had wrote those words and done nothing to back them up we would all be speaking the Queen's English ol' chap. Of course if you don't believe me then I can hop into my lorry and come toss you from the first floor window in a bit of a scrap.

 

 

Talk is cheap as fuck. Everyone flaps their gums. What separated Washington from his peers was that he acted.

Words matter whether you stand behind your words also matter

 

making threats just shows me the depth of your character I'm done. Your no better than the tyrants you claim to oppose.

[Rascaldees 174]

28 minutes ago, Cb85 said:

Words matter whether you stand behind your words also matter

 

making threats just shows me the depth of your character I'm done. Your no better than the tyrants you claim to oppose.

It was a joke, not a dick. Don't take it so hard. If I actually threatened you, you'd know it because we'd be face to face.

 

Furthermore until you're acting in an appropriate manner to back your words up you're all talk and hot air. No one respects that from any side.

[Skillet 1,724]

Am I going to have to be the asshole here? Because I'm pretty darn good at  it. Civil discourse goes a lot further shaping ideas and changing peoples minds than attacking those ideas. And that applies to every one of you swinging Richards.

 

Bottom line: Leaders show maturity and lead by example. Be the right example.

[Rascaldees 174]

1 hour ago, Cb85 said:

You are assuming two things what I mean by "godly" and that I don't mean what I say and am a man only of words. You are incorrect on both counts. 

We are more closely aligned than you think.

So far you keep saying talk is better than action. So yeah I think you're all bark and no bite.

Edited July 17 by Rascaldees

[Alamo6 50]

And as we see from the last several posts why the "Modern Militia" isn't. We have those that want to fight with everyone and those that don't know how to organize and control. If we do not pay attention to what we say here it will be used against us if we ever have a run in. Our posts our every comment will be used to condemn us in the public mob ruled media..... People who want to be apart of something to provide protection to their family and community will and are shying away. The MN Civil Guard with the actions they took in Northern NM caused people to lose there jobs and law suits. They took action but didn't control the narrative. Poorly executed actions combined with poor communications equals failure for individuals and people as a whole. So we need to tighten up the shot group on all sides.

 

Edited July 17 by Alamo6

[LibertyorDeath93 21]

1 hour ago, Cb85 said:

You are assuming two things what I mean by "godly" and that I don't mean what I say and am a man only of words. You are incorrect on both counts. 

We are more closely aligned than you think.

I’m not assuming anything. You referenced the word wrong that’s all you got to say there. And if your a man of word and we are that closely aligned stand by me

 

follow me into the darkness and I shall lead you into the light! 

[papaC62 52]

22 hours ago, Rascaldees said:

My point exactly. I've been trying to unite the SC militias for a long while now. No one wants to give up power except me it seems. Granted, I had some terms to uniting with the group I joined my guys up with and we will leave if things aren't being done properly but nevertheless we made the effort. 

 

Unite your states gents. We must have fifty banners, not five hundred. 

I believe that militias within the state should make every effort to at least come alongside each other...they should regularly meet in some fashion and should train together. Egos have to take a backseat to what's best for those you serve. After all it is about serving not playing Rambo on weekends. 

[ROFCB Commander 664]

3 minutes ago, Alamo6 said:

And as we see from the last several posts why the "Modern Militia" isn't. We have those that want to fight with everyone and those that don't know how to organize and control. If we do not pay attention to what we say here it will be used against us if we ever have a run in. Our posts our every comment will be used to condemn us in the public mob ruled media..... People who want to be apart of something to provide protection to their family and community will and are shying away. The MN Civil Guard with the actions they took in Northern NM caused people to lose there jobs and law suits. They took action but didn't control the narrative. Poorly executed actions combined with poorly executed actions equals failure for individuals and people as a whole. So we need to tighten up the shot group on all sides.

 

Alamo is correct. Every last word posted on these forums is scrutinized, catalogued, and will eventually be pulled out, by our enemies or their media lapdogs, to paint us with as dark a brush as they can. When you type it, assume the words you've just committed to posterity will show up on CNN eventually, and they won't be spun to make you--or this movement--look heroic.

 

I don't expect us--the foundation of today's Militia--to "come together". That's a ship that sailed a long time ago. Too many egos, too many Rambos, too many people living in fantasyland and not near enough understanding the gravity of the situation we face as a nation, but more importantly as the non-military defenders of our neighborhoods. If we were going to come together it would have happened a long time ago.

 

What I do expect, and in fact demand, is that we all function on the same general plane of thought. What I mean by that is simply this; lead, follow, or get out of the way (oddly enough, the name of my latest post). The Rambo element of the Militia has had the opportunity to lead, virtually unopposed, for thirty years--and has done fucking nothing. The only people afraid of the Militia are the people who should be joining it, supporting it, making it strong. Our enemies aren't even a little bit concerned; they put together a bigger "force" of fucking actors at Stone Mountain than we can muster for an actual battle on any given day. Why? Because the public perception is that we're looney-toons. Whose fault is that? CNN? The Democrats? Maury Povich?

 

No, dumbass--it's YOUR FAULT, because you've had three decades to correct it, and instead you strap on your guns and go running off to Cliven Bundy and his idiotic "cause". You get the chance to testify in front of Congress and the whole world and start spouting moronic conspiracy theories and talking about aliens.  It's because too many people in this movement's history believe that a "level head" means a good place to set your beer down.

 

It isn't everyone, or everyone who came before. But it's enough, and it truly is enough! We don't have time for that shit anymore.

 

The people who come to this site, who read these posts, need to fix something in their minds right now...and that is that there's the way it's always been done, and the way it needs to be done. Fucking choose.

 

As for me, I'll say this; Rambo doesn't represent me. He doesn't represent who I am, how I operate, what I see as the strength of the Militia (the American community), what I view as our mission, or what I view as the real threat that we face. Rambo is going to get himself and a lot of other good people killed. If you join a unit that is lead by Rambo, you're going to be one of them.

 

But you won't, because almost nobody does. That's why the Militia as a groundswell movement has failed so spectacularly over the three or four decades they've been on the scene. And that's why instead of three or four decades, we now have three or four MONTHS to fucking get this right. All that wasted time, wasted opportunity. What do we have to show for it?

 

My apologies for losing my cool. After awhile, though, it gets frustrating to see the battle being waged on here--within this movement--rather than putting that energy to use building something useful and lasting. Here's a dose of reality--my method is probably going to fail in spectacular fashion...there just is so little time to get it moving, get it built, and get it right. It pisses me off to know that this could have, and should have, been done from the beginning--and protected while it was being built. It pisses me off that the image has been allowed to be tarnished this badly for so long, and we still have those who run off making it worse. It pisses me off that I am spending my time trying to undo the damage of the past, from my own people, instead of preparing for the real battle with the real enemies of America.

 

This is all I have time to say on this subject, other than to say that if you want to join the cause of saving America and you are wise enough to understand that it begins and ends with making our communities strong from within the community, message me and I'll find use and/or a unit for you. We're still miles away from rolling out the overall plan, but if you're willing to help you can--and if you're willing to wait, you can have first crack at implementing these plans with a unit of your own. Just be ready to LEAD, in any case. I don't fucking have time for Rambo, and neither does your country.